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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
Special to THE MINER

Exaggerated Weather Reports.
HELENA, February 25.-Grossly exag-
gerated reports Of the severity of the win
ter in Montana. and the losses of stock on
the ranges are being published in Eastern
papers on statements sent by cor.
respondents in the Territory. In truth
the winter has been NO more severe than
that of 1SSO-S1, when the losses in stock
did not exceed twenty-five per cent. The
cattle interests will suffer most. Sheep men
were generally prepared with an abundance
of hay. In such cases, losses have not been
larger than usual. As a rule cattle men
are wealthy, having large balances in
banks, and there will probably not
be a single failure in Montana on account
of losses in cattle. Specials from Butte,
stating that the Helena banks are expected
to sustain large losses on loans advanced
to cattlemen, are without foundation, and
absolutely false.
Only one or two of the largest cattle
companies are borrowers of money to any
extent, and such loans are placed in the
East, for the reason that they could not
afford to pay the high rate of interest
prevailing in Montana. The weather is
moderatiRe. and stockmen are confident
thatin a few days the ranges will be compar-
atively free from snow.
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cro.. Exchanges for tho Week.

BosroN, February 27.-The managers OF
the leading clearing houses OF the United
States report the total gross exchanges 1or
the week ending February So, 1881 TO De
S77S.755, 1867.
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Carl Schurz Better.

New YORK, February 27.-The physicians
attending the Hon. Carl Schurz. who irac.
tured hip on Saturday night, declare that
his condition is quite satisfactory. de is
said to be in no danger.
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What De Giers Thinks.

ST.. Petersburg, February 28.-De Giers,
Foreign Minister, in an interview with the
Turkish Ambassador, expressed his opin.
ion that the European equilibrium would
soon be restored, and that there would be
no war.
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Fire in Baltimore.

BALrIMoRE, February 25.-The six-story
warehouse of Darby & Co., candy manu-
facturers, burned this morning. Within
twenty minutes after the start of the fire
the walls had fallen in. The four-story
building occupied by the same firm. in the
rear of the warehouse. was also burned
The loss on the building and stock is said
to be 100000. nearly covered by insur-
ance. 1t is supposed the fire originated
from a gas jet in the cellar.
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A Weak Roof.

CLEVELAND, February 2S.-This morn
ing the roofs OF the charging department in
the Bessemer steel works of the Cleveland
Rolling Mill Company fell in with a crash
and killed one man and injured eight
others.
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The American Minister.

LONDON. February 25.-Mr. Phelps. the
American Minister and his wife, have start.
ed for the south of France.
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Further Disasters.

LONDON, February 25.-Dispatches from
Genoa state that the populace slept out
doors last night. Many went aboard ships
in the harbor. and three thousand fled
from the city by rail. At house near
Diana-Marina ball was proceeding, when
the shocks came. The building was COM
pletely wrecked, and a horrible loss of life
resulted. The dancers lay dead in heaps
on the ground. Many houses were de-
stroyed. and large tanks underneath filled
with olive oil, intended for expectation to
France and Germany, were broken.
A party of soldiers exploring
the ruins found Judge Rossi lying beneath
mass of debris alive. While the men we're
trying to extricate him, a beam fell, killing
the Judge and wounding soldier. Fifteen
hundred persons have left Nice, and the
exodus continues throughout Rivirea.
The railway trains are thronged with peo-
pie anxious to get away. 1t has transpired
that during Wedneaday's panic q French
Countess gave birth to a child in the public
gardens at Nice.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
A Tennessee Affair.

CHATTANOOGA, February 25.-A horrible
murder occurred in Roane county this
evening. A man named Newman and a
15-year-old girl named Weaver, going in
wagon from Kingston to lockwood, were
fred upon by a man named Epps, and
a posse of 200, and will be lynched, If
caught.
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special to THE MINER -
Shows and Tram Blockades,


HELENA. February 26.-The Eastern
trains are again being badly delayed by
snow. Yesterdays train arrived about
noon to-day. To-day's train is tied up
east of Dickinson, Dakota. The heaviest
snow storms of the season are in progress
in Eastern Dakota and Minnesota, where
it has been showing almost continually for
two days.
The Coliseum Theater, on Wood street,
still keeps it's doors open as usual notwith-
standing the passage of the Variety Bill.
About noon William Washington Smith,
colored, entered the house of his divorced
wife, and began firing shots at her from a
22-calibre pistol. None of the bullets
reached the mark. and he was subsequently
arrested after firing bullet through his
own hat in the endeavor to shoot himself.
A large number of station agents en-
ployed on the various railroads of Mon
tana met here to-day for the purpose of
organizing division Of the National Sta
tion Agents Association OF the United
States.
The meeting was held in the parlors Of the
Grand Central Hotel and was called to
order by J. II. Williams, of Townsend. A
division, to be called the Montana Divis-
ion of the Station Agents Association Of
the United States, was organized by the
election Of the following officers: President,
G. F. Carpenters, of Billings; vice e-pres' dent,
J. L. Woodbridge, of Avon; secretary aud
treasurer, j. H. Williams, of Townsend.
The next annual meeting will be held in
Helena in February, 1888.
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1ha Sick Prince

DARslsrARDr. February 27.-Fang
exander, who was attacked wiSn ,. vH
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SILK OPERATORS OUT OF WORK.
Tho Strike Threatens to Throw 10, 900
Mon Out of Employment.

Men Out of Employment.
New YORK. February 26.-There are
now more than 5000 silk operatives out
OF work at Patterson. n. J. The trouble
started with 800 OF the dyers. because
their employers would not agree to the new
schedule Of wages and conditions. The
first of the conditions was in effect that no
one should be employed but Knights OF
Labor and members Of the union, and that
all employers should deduct from the
wages OF their hands their union dues and
assessments.
THE EMPLOYERS SAID
they could not do this. as it was ques-
tion of control Of their business, and il it
had to be settled it was best to settle it
now, as the spring and summer stock had
been manufactured, and they could afford
to shut down several months, if necessary.
December may be said to begin the work OF
the silk manufs scturers, hence their strike
soon began to affect other workers. No
more warps were given out, and as soon az
the looms were empty the
weavsrs began to be laid
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Tho Railroad Resolution.

WASHINGTON, February 25.-The Pacific
railroad resolution was passed at 1855
@. %,
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House..

Petitions were received against the Peni
tentiary bill and against the division o
counties in northern Montana.
A majority Of the Committee on Interna
improvements reported the Penitentiary
bill without Recommendation, and it waa
placed on general orders. A minority re
lort recommended that it do not pass.
Bills introduced-By Scobey-Author
isipg the seizure OF trespassing swine
The bill relating to the making of a new
official map was indefinitely postponed or
motion OF Anderson, who said the map wal
incorrect.
The bill to allow County Commissioner
to issue bonds to redeem outstanding in
debtedness was passed. The House in Com
mittee of the Whole debated at considera
bic length upon a motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was to take effect
December 20. 1887. Harwood argued that
it would conflict with the Restrictive Act il
the law were made to 60 into effect before
the expiration Of the present incumbents oil
county officers. The motion to reconsider
was carried.
Armstrong then moved that further con.
sidera ton of this bill be indefinitely post
poned. He argued that time enough had
beea wasted; that the bill as passed in the
House would come back from the Council
to be again changed. He took issue with
Harwood. arguing that the bill was not in
opposition to the Restriction Act. He did
not think the object would be gained by
passing it to take effect two years from
now.
Mantle did not wish the bill postponed.
If there are abuses in the present system it
should be remedied as soon as possible.
Armstrong withdrew his motion to post
pone.
The question then came up on the
amendment that the act should take effect
December 20, 1887, as to all officers except
trea surers and as to them on the first Mon
Pending further action the committee
then rose.
In the Committee OF the Whole the con.
sideration of the Fee bill was resumed.
The fees OF Sheriffs were left unchanged
with the exception OF mileage, which was
fixed at 20 cents. The committee agreed
then to report the entire bill back to the
House, recommending its passage.
An Intellectual attempt was made to
have Kennedy's election bill taken up for
but it was decided to be out
Of order, and q motion to make it q spe-
cial order for APO p. m. was lost.
Adjourned.
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House,.

Holman, of indiana, asked the unani-
nous consent of the House that the read
ing OF the journal be dispensed with. but
Brady, of virginia, interposed objections.
The Speaker laid before the House q
message from the President, returning
without his approval the bill for the erec-
ton OF public building at Portsmouth,
Ohio.
In the House, Crisp, OF Georgia. asked
unanimous consent to have the House non
concur in the Senate amendment to the
Joint resolution for an investigation Of the
affairs of the Pacific railroads..
Strait, of Minnesota objected. and the
matter was referred to the Committee on
Pacific Railroads.
The House then went into a Committee
OF the Whole on the Legislative Approrpria-
ton Bill. The bill was read by paragraphs
for amendment. A substitute was ruled
out on point Of order. The committee
then rose, and on motion OF Holmes, it was
ordered that when the eulOgies OF the late
Representative Cole, of Maryland, are con-
cluded this evening, the House shall resume
the consideration OF public business. The
House then took a recess until 7:3O.
At the evening session OF the House it
considered the resolutions of regret at the
demise of Representative Cole, Of Mary
land honoring his memory. Eulogistic adj
dresses were delivered and the resolutions
adopted.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole on the Legislative Appropria-
ton bill.
Alice samee Montana.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, February 28.-Mr. Hoar,
from the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions, asked that the committee be permit
ted to report to the next session upon the
power of the President to designate, tenn
porarily, the men to perform the duties OF
q certain office, whose nomination to the
same position had previously been rejected,
Granted.
MIR. Plumb reported favorably from the
Committee on Public Lands and asked the
immediate consideration of the Senate Bill
to increase the endowment of the Louisi-
ana State University and Agricultural
college. It sets aside an appropriat ion OF
25, 900 acres OF public land in the State OF
Louisiana for the purpose. The bill was
passed.
The House Labor Arbitration bill was
then taken up, and Teller, without object
ing to the bill, made brief argument upon
the inutility of labor combina tions.
Sherman said he favored the formation
Of q commission to inquire into the whole
labor question and devise remedies for any
evils which might be found to exist, but as
any attempt to amend the bill would
probably result in its defeat he would
Withdraw the amendment which he had
previously offered. The bill was passed
without division.
House Bill in reference to the employ.
ment of convicts and aliens upon public
buildings or public works, or in prepara-
tions OF materials for public buildings or
public works, was passed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Plumb the House
Bill to provide for the adjustment OF land
grants heretofore made by Congress, and
remaining unadjusted, was taken up, and
after sundry amendments. passed. con-
ference was ordered upon it.
Upon motion Of Miller the Pleuro-Pneu-
monia Bill was then taken up. Upon mo-
ton made by Dawes to reconsider the vote
by which the Edmunds' substitute was
lost, was adopted. The vote stood 80 to
%, so the motion to reconsider was car
ried. The question then recurring on Mr..
Edmunds' substitute, Mr.. Harris made Il
motion that it's further consideration be
postponed until tomorrow. Lost--36 to
80. Edmunds' substitute was then re-
iected. Yeas. 81; nays, 29.
The Senate bill to prohibit the mailing OF
newspapers and other periodicals contain
ing lottery advertisements was taken up
and passed.
Sherman, of Ohio, offered a resolution
providing for the daily meeting CT the Sem
ate at II o'clock. Laid over till to-mor-
row.
The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion, apparently for the purpose OF resum-
ing the closed doors discussion, which had
been cut short on the report OF the con-
feres on the Fishery Bill. After 20 minutes
of secret session the Senate adjourned.
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Alice Semee Montana

ST.. JoHNsBuRy, February 25.-An rail-
way trains are delayed or blockaded by
the snow. which ys.ries In depth from Ave
to twenty feet,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-06
AMERICAN GIRLS.

Some Who Have Married Into the Peer
age of Great Britain.
It has been said that every American
girl who comes to England expects to affix
"Lady" to her name and generally sue.
ceeds in securing the husband who will
realize that hope, remarks a London cor
respondent. 1t is true that a great many
Englishmen have welded Americans, but
they have not all borne titles, and our fair,
ambitious translantic sisters should be
warned that coronets have not dropped
very plentifully as yet on their republican
brows. Only very few American girls
have married Peers, sons of Peers, or even
Baronets. OF the former there are only
two, the Marchioness of Anglesea, who
was a Miss King, of Georgia, be-
came Mrs. Wodehouse, and mar
ried her present husband in
$780, and the daughter of Colonel Kir-
by, who married Baron Fairfax in 1857.
His father, who died before coming into
the title, had married Miss Snowden, of
Maryland, and his elder brother, to whom
he succeeded. Miss Benham, of Ohio. A
son of Lord Alfred Pager, of the Anglesea
family, has an American wife, Miss Ste
vens, of New York, but she has not and
never will have a title. Viscount Mande-
vile, son and heir of the Duke of Man.
chester, married, in 1876, Miss Yznaga, of
Louisiana, whose sister four years later
became Lady John Lister-Kaye, Baro-
nets wife. Alien to the peerage, and
having taken to themselves American
wives, are Sir Francis Richard Plunkett,
cousin of the Earl of Fingall, who was
welded in 1870 to Miss Morgan. Of Phila-
delphia; the Hon. Hugh Oliver Northcote,
son of the Earl of Iddesleigh, to Miss
Fish, of New York; the Hon. and Rev.
James Wentworth Leigh, brother of
Bar on Leigh, to Miss Butler, of Georgia.
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striking his head. He sustained no
wound. and at the time of injury con-
seriousness was preserved. Some
hours afterwards. however. he was
suddenly seized with syncope, with
mental terror. lost all sense of loca-
ton. could not recognize the simplest
familiar object. and described what he
saw enormously; his one objective
symptom was absolute anesthe-
STA of the entire body.
On the fourth day after his
injury he had violent headaches. a
pulse rate of forty-four, and in addition
to the cutaneous anas thesia. loss of OIL
factory and taste sensations. with diff
cult hearing. On the fifth day the
psychic symptoms suddenly ceased, he
could remember nothing which had
happened. and had no explanation for
his condition.
The patient subsequently became
very melancholic, complaining of in
somnia, headache. spinal pain. weari-
ness and failure of appetite; no sensa-
tons of terror or disordered dreams
were present. The objective symp-
toms remaining were well-marked
cranial and spinal hyperesthesia; fall
ure to distinguish between white and
colors; loss of smell and taste, and i'm
paired hearing; numbness, and at
times paresis and spasms of the region
supplied by the facial nerve were also
present. He was discharged from the
hospital as improved. but two
months afterward his condition
was unchanged; he was unable
to work on account of headache
and weakness. Thomsen's diagnosis
was railway brain.'' q condition OF
profound disturbance of cere bral func.
tions from shock.
The increase in mechanical appli-
ances, and the immense extension of
railways. afford abundant opportunities
for observation of nervous shock, both
in its fatal and milder forms. While
post-mortem demonstration of HEM
orrhage and structural LESSONS explains
the course of these cases when fatal,
the continued observation of surviving
patients to determine the development
of LESSONS which will illustrate the
pathology of this condition. The pos
sibility of the production of degenera-
tive changes in nervous matter. and
cerebral conditions causing permanent
mental impairment, is an interesting
question for neurologists, and, in its
medico-legal aspects. for the corpora
ton whose property may cause such
injuries, to their patrons and employ es.
-Nedicat NeWS.
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A NEW REPUBLIC.
A Bit of Land North of the Amazon Be-
comes Independent.

A Bit of Land North of the Amazon Be-
comes Independent.
The tract of land which lies between
Brazil and French Guiana, and which
was no-man's land, has been de-
clared by its inhabitants an independ-
ent country. The Republic of Counani,
as it is called. is "a. 600 miles in ex-
tent, the coast line is 1877 miles long
and the population 700 persons, one
half of whom dwell at Counani, the
capital, in thirty-fve houses. This
bulk of these are descendants of
Maroons. or slave refugees from Bra
zil: but learn from M. Boisset. the
agent of the new-tledged republic in
france, that their sympathics are en-
tirely French. In 1888 they begged to
be annexed to France, but the French
Government declined, in observance Of
q treaty entered into with Brazil in 1871
which declared Counani neutral soil.
i Repulsed, but not baffied, the ma
tives unanimously set up q republic.
with French journalist. NJ Jules
eros, at Its head. The other members
of the Government are likewise
Fren chmen, living in France, and the
French language is rendered official
in the newborn State. / have before
me the first number of the official jour-
nal of Counani, styled Les Nouvelles
de France ct DIES Colonies. Journal
Oficiel de la Republique." La Gmyane
independents, whose offices are at the
Legation. IS Rue du Louvre, is an in
teresting little penny sheet, and is to
come out twice monthly. The official
column contains decree signed at
Vanves. suburban district, by the
Life President, appointing NJ Guignes
Sinister of State and Grand Chaneel-
lor of the Order of the Star of Counani.
Another and older decree Institutes
the Order of the Star of Counani, of
which there are to be ten grand crosses,
twenty grand officers. thirty COM
manders, one hundred officers, and an
unlimited number of knights. The
star, of which I saw a colored draw
ing at the Legation, is undoubtedly a
tasteful one M. Boisset tells me that
after M. Gros leaves France very few
decorations will be any longer given
away, so that this distinction will be
come a very rare and hence highly
priced one.
The resources of the country consist
of agricultural products. minerals. TIM
Der and cocoa, f7.O00 sterling worth
of which is annually exported; India
rubber. cotton, sarsaparilla, tobacco.
vanilla, coffee. maize. rice. potatoes.
dates, goyavas., pineapples. oranges,
lemons. etc. Breeding horses. cattle
and sheep is also very profitable. A
line of vessels will be run between
Counani and Cayenne on one hand,
and Para in Brazil on the other.-Lon-
dom Times
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A SERViCEABLE FENCE.
A Matter In Which Every Farmer Is Dee

A Matter In Which Every Farmer Is Deep
ly Interested
found myself quite interested in the
':fence question" late last fall. just
after I had rebuilt an old-fashioned
worm fence. made nine rails high.
double riders and well staked. A wind
set my wits at work deVising some
other way to build it
had quite number of old locust
trees along the fence. had these cut.
the bodies split into posts. The large
limbs cut seven or seven and one-half
feet long, for stakes. These set two
feet deep. one on each side of every
joint of the fence; but previously took
an average length rail- and laid a three
and one-half foot worm just as straight
as possible, then set all the outside
stakes, using the straightest ones. By
driving short stake at each joint the
rail can be removed out of the way
while digging the holes. Then I set
the inside stakes, leaving about three
and three-tourths inches space for the
rails If an end of a rail is too large,
hew it to suit the space. Before I
began to lay up the rails took wire.
and with pair of pinchers fastened it
around the stakes. about five inches
high from the ground, then began to
lay up the fence. When four rails
high / fastened another wire around
each pair of stakes. then laid on three
more rails. Thus / saved two rails to
the panel by my new plan. had much
better fence every way, and one I
think that will stand the storm, for it
has been tried severely since.
1 believe. with a good-sized locust or
some other lasting stake, this kind of
a fence can be built and made to stand
the storms with only two feet worm,
and this kind of fence can be built
very level Every farmer knows how
hard it is to NOW and keep down the
brush and weeds. or pillow near an
old-fashioned staked and ridered fence,
but with this can drive near with a
load of hay or wheat, pillow close to it,
and NOW all the bus hes, ETC., and
keep it tidy. Ihave seen fences made
somewhat after the above plan, but a
block was used TO lay the first rail on,
and only one wire was used, and that
at the top of the fence. By using two
wires, as in my fence, the weight of
the rails on the wires holds the s taxes
tight to the rails. There can be a
wire at the top, but find no necessity
for one.-Farnl. Field and Stockman.